1. AGNI, first, loudly calling, like a Father, kindled by man upon the seat of worship.
Clothed in his glory, deathless, keen of insight, must be adorned by all, the Strong, the Famous.
2 May Agni the resplendent hear my calling through all my songs, Immortal, keen of insight.
Dark steeds or ruddy draw his car, or carried in sundry ways he makes them red of colour.
3 On wood supine they got the wellformed- Infant: a germ in variousfashioned- plants was Agni;
And in the night, not compassed round by darkness, he dwells exceeding wise, with rays of
splendour.
4 With oil and sacred gifts I sprinkle Agni who makes his home in front of all things living,
Broad, vast, through vital power over all expanded, conspicuous, strong with all the food that
feeds him.
5 I pour to him who looks in all directions: may he accept it with a friendly spirit.Agni with bridegrooms' grace and lovely colour may not be touched when all his form is fury.
6 By choice victorious, recognize thy portion: with thee for envoy may we speak like Manu.
Obtaining wealth, I call on perfect Agni who with an eloquent tongue dispenses sweetness.

1. HEAR thou my call, O Indra; be not heedless: thine may we be for thee to give us treasures;
For these presented viands, seeking riches, increase thy strength like streams of water flowing.
2 Floods great and many, compassed by the Dragon, thou badest swell and settest free, O Hero.
Strengthened by songs of praise thou rentest piecemeal the Dasa, him who deemed himself immortal.
3 For, Hero, in the lauds wherein thou joyedst, in hymns of praise, O Indra, songs of Rudras,
These streams in which is thy delight approach thee, even as the brilliant ones draw near to Vayu.
4 We who add strength to thine own splendid vigour, laying within thine arms the splendid thunder;
With us mayst thou, O Indra, waxen splendid, with Surya overcome the Dasa races.
5 Hero, thou slewest in thy valour Ahi concealed in depths, mysterious, great enchanter,Dwelling enveloped deep within the waters, him who checked heaven and stayed the floods from
flowing.
6 Indra, we laud thy great deeds wrought aforetime, we laud thine exploits later of achievement;
We laud the bolt that in thine arms lies eager; we laud thy two BaySteeds, heralds of Surya.
7 Indra, thy BaySteeds showing forth their vigour have sent a loud cry out that droppeth fatness.
The earth hath spread herself in all her fulness: the cloud that was about to move hath rested.
8 Down, never ceasing, hath the raincloud- settled: bellowing, it hath wandered with the Mothers.
Swelling the roar in the far distant limits, they have spread wide the blast sent forth by Indra.
9 Indra hath hurled down the magician Vrtra who lay beleaguering the mighty river.
Then both the heaven and earth trembled in terror at the strong Heros' thunder when he bellowed.
10 Loud roared the mighty Heros' bolt of thunder, when he, the Friend of man, burnt up the monster,
And, having drunk his fill of flowing Soma, baffled the guileful Danavas' devices.
11 Drink thou, O HeroIndra, drink the Soma; let the joygiving- juices make thee joyful.
They, filling both thy flanks, shall swell thy vigour. The juice that satisfies hath helped Indra.
12 Singers have we become with thee, O Indra: may we serve duly and prepare devotion.
Seeking thy help we meditate thy praises: may we at once enjoy thy gift of riches.
13 May we be thine, such by thy help, O Indra, as swell thy vigour while they seek thy favour.
Give us, thou God, the riches that we long for, most powerful, with stare of noble children.
14 Give us a friend, give us an habitation; Indra, give us the company of Maruts,
And those whose minds accord with theirs, the Vayus, who drink the first libation of the Soma.
15 Let those enjoy in whom thou art delighted. Indra, drink Soma for thy strength and gladness.
Thou hast exalted us to heaven, Preserver, in battles, through the lofty hymns that praise thee.
16 Great, verily, are they, O thou Protector, who by their songs of praise have won the blessing.
They who strew sacred grass to be thy dwelling, helped by thee have got them strength, O Indra.
17 Upon the great Trikadruka days, Hero, rejoicing thee, O Indra, drink the Soma.
Come with BaySteeds to drink of libation, shaking the drops from out thy beard, contented.
18 Hero, assume the might wherewith thou clavest Vrtra piecemeal, the DanavaAurnavabha.
Thou hast disclosed the light to light the Arya: on thy left hand, O Indra, sank the Dasyu.
19 May we gain wealth, subduing with thy succour and with the Arya, all our foes, the Dasyus.
Our gain was that to Trta of our party thou gavest up Tvastars' son Visvarupa.
20 He cast down Arbuda what time his vigour was strengthened by libations poured by Trta.Indra sent forth his whirling wheel like Surya, and aided by the Angirases rent Vala.
21 Now let that wealthy Cow of thine, O Indra, yield in return a boon to him who lauds thee.
Give to thy praisers: let not fortune fail us. Loud may we speak, with brave men, in the assembly.

1. HE who, just born, chief God of lofty spirit by power and might became the Gods protector,
Before whose breath through greatness of his valour the two worlds trembled, He, O men, is Indra.
2 He who fixed fast and firm the earth that staggered, and set at rest the agitated mountains,
Who measured out the airs' wide middle region and gave the heaven support, He, men, is Indra.
3 Who slew the Dragon, freed the Seven Rivers, and drove the kine forth from the cave of Vala,
Begat the fire between two stones, the spoiler in warriors' battle, He, O men, is Indra.
4 By whom this universe was made to tremble, who chased away the humbled brood of demons,
Who, like a gambler gathering his winnings seized the foes' riches, He, O men, is Indra.
5 Of whom, the Terrible, they ask, Where is He? or verily they say of him, He is not.
He sweeps away, like birds, the foes' possessions. Have faith in him, for He, O men, is Indra.
6 Stirrer to action of the poor and lowly, of priest, of suppliant who sings his praises;
Who, fairfaced-, favours him who presses Soma with stones made ready, He, O men, is Indra.
7 He under whose supreme control are horses, all chariots, and the villages, and cattle;
He who gave being to the Sun and Morning, who leads the waters, He, O men, is Indra.
8 To whom two armies cry in close encounter, both enemies, the stronger and the weaker;
Whom two invoke upon one chariot mounted, each for himself, He, O ye men, is Indra.
9 Without whose help our people never conquer; whom, battling, they invoke to give them succour;
He of whom all this world is but the copy, who shakes things moveless, He, O men, is Indra.
10 He who hath smitten, ere they knew their danger, with his hurled weapon many grievous sinners;
Who pardons not his boldness who provokes him, who slays the Dasyu, He, O men, is Indra.
11 He who discovered in the fortieth autumn Sambara as he dwelt among the mountains;
Who slew the Dragon putting forth his vigour, the demon lying there, He, men, is Indra.
12 Who with seven guiding reins, the Bull, the Mighty, set free the Seven great Floods to flow at
pleasure;
Who, thunderarmed-, rent Rauhina in pieces when scaling heaven, He, O ye men, is Indra.
13 Even the Heaven and Earth bow down before him, before his very breath the mountains tremble.
Known as the Somadrinker-, armed with thunder, who wields the bolt, He, O ye men, is Indra.
14 Who aids with favour him who pours the Soma and him who brews it, sacrificer, singer.
Whom prayer exalts, and pouring forth of Soma, and this our gift, He, O ye men, Is Indra.
15 Thou verily art fierce and true who sendest strength to the man who brews and pours libation.
So may we evermore, thy friends, O Indra, speak loudly to the synod with our heroes.

1. THE Season was the parent, and when born therefrom it entered rapidly the floods wherein it
grows.
Thence was it full of sap, streaming with milky juice: the milk of the plants' stalk is chief and
meet for lauds.
2 They come trooping together bearing milk to him, and bring him sustenance who gives support to
all.
The way is common for the downward streams to flow. Thou who didst these things first art worthy
of our lauds.
3 One priest announces what the institutor gives: one, altering the forms, zealously plies his
task,
The third corrects the imperfections left by each. Thou who didst these things first art worthy of
our lauds.
4 Dealing out food unto their people there they sit, like wealth to him who comes, more than the
back can bear.
Greedily with his teeth he eats the masters' food. Thou who didst these things first art worthy of
our lauds.
5 Thou hast created earth to look upon the sky: thou, slaying Ahi, settest free the rivers' paths.
Thee, such, a God, the Gods have quickened with their lauds, even as a steed with waters: meet for
praise art thou.
6 Thou givest increase, thou dealest to us our food: thou milkest from the moist the dry, the rich
in sweets.
Thou by the worshipper layest thy precious store: thou art sole Lord of all. Meet for our praise
art thou.
7 Thou who hast spread abroad the streams by stablished law, and in the field the plants that
blossom and bear seed;
Thou who hast made the matchless lightnings of the sky, vast, compassing vast realms, meet for our
praise art thou.
8 Who broughtest Narmara with all his wealth, for sake of food, to slay him that the fiends might
be destroyed,
Broughtest the face unclouded of the strengthening one, performing much even now, worthy art thou
of praise.
9 Thou boundest up the Dasas' hundred friends and ten, when, at ones' hearing, thou helpest thy
worshipper.
Thou for Dabhiti boundest Dasyus not with cords; Thou wast a mighty help. Worthy of lauds art thou.
10 All banks of rivers yielded to his manly might; to him they gave, to him, the Strong, gave up
their wealth.
The six directions hast thou fixed, a fivefold- view: thy victories reached afar. Worthy of lauds
art thou.
11 Meet for high praise, O Hero, is thy power, that with thy single wisdom thou obtainest wealth,
The lifesupport- of conquering Jatusthira. Indra, for all thy deeds, worthy of lauds art thou.
12 Thou for Turviti heldest still the flowing floods, the riverstream- for Vayya easily to pass
Didst raise the outcast from the depths, and gavest fame unto the halt and blind. Worthy of lauds
art thou.
13 Prepare thyself to grant us that great bounty, O Vasu, for abundant is thy treasure.
Snatch up the wonderful, O Indra, daily. Loud may we speak, with heroes, in assembly.

1. MINISTERS, bring the Soma juice for Indra, pour forth the gladdening liquor with the beakers.
To drink of this the Hero longeth ever; offer it to the Bull, for this he willeth.
2 Ye ministers, to him who with the lightning smote, like a tree, the rainwithholding- Vrtra?
Bring it to him, him who is fain to taste it, a draught of this which Indra here deserveth.
3 Ye ministers, to him who smote Drbhika, who drove the kine forth, and discovered Vala,
Offer this draught, like Vita in the region: clothe him with Soma even as steeds with trappings.
4 Him who did Urana to death, Adhvaryus! though showing arms ninetyandnine— in number;
Who cast down headlong Arbuda and slew him, speed ye that Indra to our offered Soma.
5 Ye ministers, to him who struck down Svasna, and did to death Vyamsa and greedy Susna,
And Rudhikras and Namuci and Pipru, to him, to Indra, pour ye forth libation.
6 Ye ministers, to him who as with thunder demolished Sambaras' hundred ancient castles;
Who cast down Varcins' sons, a hundred thousand, to him, to Indra, offer ye the Soma.
7 Ye ministers, to him who slew a hundred thousand, and cast them down upon earths' bosom;
Who quelled the valiant men of Atithigva, Kutsa, and Ayu, bring to him the Soma.
8 Ministers, men, whatever thing ye long for obtain ye quickly bringing gifts to Indra.
Bring to the Glorious One what bands have cleansed; to Indra bring, ye pious ones, the Soma.
9 Do ye, O ministers, obey his order: that purified in wood, in wood uplift ye.
Well pleased he longs for what your hands have tended: offer the gladdening Soma juice to Indra.
10 As the cows' udder teems with milk, Adhvaryus, so fill with SomaIndra, liberal giver.
I know him: I am sure of this, the Holy knows that I fain would give to him more largely.
11 Him, ministers, the Lord of heavenly treasure and all terrestrial wealth that earth possesses,
Him, Indra, fill with Soma as a garner is filled with barley full: be this your labour.
12 Prepare thyself to grant us that great booty, O Vasu, for abundant is thy treasure.
Gather up wondrous wealth, O Indra, daily. Loud may we speak, with heroes, in assembly.

1. Now, verily, will I declare the exploits, mighty and true, of him the True and Mighty.
In the Trikadrukas he drank the Soma: then in its rapture Indra slew the Dragon.
2 High heaven unsupported in space he stablished: he filled the two worlds and the airs'
midregion-.Earth he upheld, and gave it wide expansion. These things did Indra in the Somas' rapture.
3 From front, as it were a house, he ruled and measured; pierced with his bolt the fountains of the
rivers,
And made them flow at ease by paths farreaching-, These things did Indra in the Somas' rapture.
4 Compassing those who bore away Dabhiti, in kindled fire he burnt up all their weapons.
And made him rich with kine and cars and horses. These things did Indra in the Somas' rapture.
5 The mighty roaring flood he stayed from flowing, and carried those who swam not safely over.
They having crossed the stream attained to riches. These things did Indra in the Somas' rapture.
6 With mighty power he made the stream flow upward, crushed with his thunderbolt the car of Usas,
Rending her slow steeds with his rapid coursers. These things did Indra in the Somas' rapture.
7 Knowing the place wherein the maids were hiding, the outcast showed himself and stood before
them.
The cripple stood erect, the blind beheld them. These things did Indra in the Somas' rapture.
8 Praised by the Angirases he slaughtered Vala, and burst apart the bulwarks of the mountain.
He tore away their deftlybuilt- defences. These things did Indra in the Somas' rapture.
9 Thou, with sleep whelming Cumuri and Dhuni, slewest the Dasyu, keptest safe Dabhiti.
There the staffbearer- found the golden treasure. These things did Indra in the Somas' rapture.
10 Now let that wealthy Cow of thine, O Indra , yield in return a boon to him who lauds thee.
Give to thy praisers: let not fortune fail us. Loud may we speak, with brave men, in assembly.

1. To him, your own, the best among the good, I bring eulogy, like oblation in the kindled fire.
We invocate for help Indra untouched by eld, who maketh all decay, strengthened, for ever young.
2 Without whom naught exists, Indra the Lofty One; in whom alone all powers heroic are combined.
The Soma is within him, in his frame vast strength, the thunder in his hand and wisdom in his head.
3 Not by both worlds is thine own power to be surpassed, nor may thy car be stayed by mountains or
by seas.
None cometh near, O Indra, to thy thunderbolt, when with swift steeds thou fliest over many a
league.
4 For all men bring their will to him the Resolute, to him the Holy One, to him the Strong they
cleave.
Pay worship with oblation, strong and passing wise. Drink thou the Soma, Indra, through the mighty
blaze.
5 The vessel of the strong flows forth, the flood of meath, unto the Strong who feeds upon the
strong, for drink,
Strong are the two Adhvaryus, strong are both the stones. They press the Soma that is strong for
him the Strong.
6 Strong is thy thunderbolt, yea, and thy car is strong; strong are thy BaySteeds and thy weapons
powerful.
Thou, Indra, Bull, art Lord of the strong gladdening drink. with the strong Soma, Indra, satisfy
thyself.
7 I, bold by prayer, come near thee in thy sacred rites, thee like a saving ship, thee shouting in
the war.
Verily he will hear and mark this word of ours: we will pour Indra forth as it were a spring of
wealth.
8 Turn thee unto us ere calamity come nigh, as a cow full of pasture turns her to her calf.Lord of a Hundred Powers, may we once firmly cling to thy fair favours even as husbands to their
wives.
9 Now let that wealthy Cow of thine, O Indra, yield in return a boon to him who lauds thee.
Give to thy praisers: let not fortune fail us. Loud may we speak, with heroes, in assembly.

1. LIKE the Angirases, sing this new song forth to him, for, as in ancient days, his mighty powers
are shown,
When in the rapture of the Soma he unclosed with strength the solid firmshut- stables of the kine.
2 Let him be even that God who, for the earliest draught measuring out his power, increased his
majesty;Hero who fortified his body in the wars, and through his greatness set the heaven upon his head.
3 Thou didst perform thy first great deed of hero might what time thou showedst power, through
prayer, before this folk.
Hurled down by thee the carborne- Lord of TawnySteeds, the congregated swift ones fled in sundry
ways.
4 He made himself by might Lord of all living things, and strong in vital power waxed great above
them all.
He, borne on high, overspread with light the heaven and earth, and, sewing up the turbid darkness,
closed it in.
5 He with his might made firm the forwardbending- hills, the downward rushing of the waters he
ordained.
Fast he upheld the earth that nourisheth all life, and stayed the heaven from falling by his
wondrous skill.
6 Fit for the grasping of his arms is what the Sire hath fabricated from all kind of precious
wealth.
The thunderbolt, wherewith, loudroaring-, he smote down, and striking him to death laid Krivi on
the earth.
7 As she who in her parents' house is growing old, I pray to thee as Bhaga from the seat of all.
Grant knowledge, mete it out and bring it to us here: give us the share wherewith thou makest
people glad.
8 May we invoke thee as a liberal giver thou givest us, O Indra, strength and labours.
Help us with manifold assistance, Indra: Mighty One, Indra, make us yet more wealthy.
9 Now may that wealthy Cow of thine, O Indra, give in return a boon to him who lauds thee.
Give to thy praisers: let not fortune fail us. Loud may we speak, with heroes, in assembly.

1. THE rich new car hath been equipped at morning; four yokes it hath, three whips, seven reins to
guide it:
Tensided-, friendly to mankind, lightwinner-, that must be urged to speed with prayers and wishes.
2 This is prepared for him the first, the second, and the third time: he is mans' Priest and
Herald.
Others get offspring of another parent he goeth, as a noble Bull, with others.
3 To Indras' car the BaySteeds have I harnessed, that new wellspoken- words may bring him hither.
Here let not other worshippers detain thee, for among us are many holy singers.
4 Indra, come hitherward with two Bay Coursers, come thou with four, with six when invocated.
Come thou with eight, with ten, to drink the Soma. Here is the juice, brave Warrior: do not scorn
it.
5 O Indra, come thou hither having harnessed thy car with twenty, thirty, forty horses.
Come thou with fifty well trained coursers, Indra, sixty or seventy, to drink the Soma.
6 Come to us hitherward, O Indra, carried by eighty, ninety, or an hundred horses.
This Soma juice among the Sunahotras hath been poured out, in love, to glad thee, Indra.
7 To this my prayer, O Indra, come thou hither: bind to thy cars' pole all thy two Bay Coursers.
Thou art to be invoked in many places Hero, rejoice thyself in this libation.
8 Never be my love from Indra disunited still may his liberal Milchcow- yield us treasure.
So may we under his supreme protection, safe in his arms, succeed in each forthgoing-.
9 Now may that wealthy Cow Of thine, O Indra, give in return a boon to him who lauds thee.
Give to thy praisers: let not fortune fail us. Loud may we speak, with heroes, in assembly.

1. DRAUGHTS of this sweet juice have been drunk for rapture, of the wise Somapressers-' offered
dainty,
Wherein, grown mighty in the days aforetime, Indra hath found delight, and men who worship.
2 Cheered by this meath Indra, whose hand wields thunder, rent piecemeal Ahi who barred up the
waters,
So that the quickening currents of the rivers flowed forth like birds unto their restingplaces-.
3 Indra, this Mighty One, the Dragons' slayer, sent forth the flood of waters to the ocean.
He gave the Sun his life, he found the cattle, and with the night the works of days completed.
4 To him who worshippeth hath Indra given many and matchless gifts. He slayeth Vrtra.
Straight was he to be sought with supplications by men who struggled to obtain the sunlight.
5 To him who poured him gifts he gave up Surya, Indra, the God, the Mighty, to the mortal;
For Etasa with worship brought him riches that keep distress afar, as it were his portion.
6 Once to the driver of his chariot, Kutsa, he gave up greedy Surya, plague of harvest;
And Indra, for the sake of Divodasa demolished Sambaras' nineandninety— castles.
7 So have we brought our hymn to thee, O Indra, strengthening thee and fain ourselves for glory.
May we with best endeavours gain this friendship, and mayst thou bend the godless scorners'
weapons.
8 Thus the Grtsamadas for thee, O Hero, have wrought their hymn and task as seeking favour.
May they who worship thee afresh, O Indra, gain food and strength, bliss, and a happy dwelling.
9 Now may that wealthy Cow of thine, O Indra, give in return a boon to him who lauds thee,
Give to thy praisers: let not fortune fail us. Loud may we speak, with heroes, in assembly.